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The National Education Association of the United States Committee on Secondary School Studies known as the NEA Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that convened in 1892. They were charged with taking stock of current practices in American high schools and making recommendations for future practice.
This achievement, however, is but one element of student learning and development and only a part of any complete system of educational accountability." [8] Partner organizations, such as the American School Health Association, Developmental Studies Center, and the National School Boards Association, have signed on in support of the initiative. [9]
Founded in 1920, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), headquartered in the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, D.C., is the primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level and works closely with directors of state offices to inform and affect state policy.
Driven by pressure from teacher organizing, by the 1970s the NEA transformed from an education advocacy organization to a rank-and-file union. In the decades since, the association has continued to represent organized teachers and other school workers in collective bargaining and to lobby for progressive education policy. [ 8 ]
There is more money than ever in college sports, but only a few universities have cashed in. More than 150 schools that compete in Division I are using student money and other revenue to finance their sports ambitions. We call this yawning divide the Subsidy Gap.
The Ankeny School Board has been a hotbed for headlines and political tension, including in April, when the board, in a 4-3 decision, rejected the superintendent's recommendation to create a new ...
The National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC) is a high school and middle school Personal Finance competition. Each year, over 18,000 students across the U.S. participate in the competition. The Challenge provides students with an exciting and motivating opportunity to build, apply and showcase their knowledge of finance.
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, University of North Florida (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.